Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3 DDR3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	248% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3 DDR3-CF (all builds)
Memory	16.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151016
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '20 at 09:43
Run Duration	272 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 78 1-Core 111 2-Core 237 78% 142 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 650 65% 530 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36C1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.2% Below average	Lighting 45.9 Reflection 43.7 Parallax 38.9 37% 42.8 fps	MRender 37.8 Gravity 40.3 Splatting 35.6 31% 37.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2018)-$74 6,712 User benchmarks, average bench 262% 399GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101140WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1295 872 813 805 831 843 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 1683 Write 1,902 Mixed 1644 SusWrite 910 346% 1,535 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 66.8 239% 91.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,244 DQ Write 1,050 DQ Mixed 1,135 853% 1,143 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 335%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 859GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 449 457 462 445 443 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 453 Mixed 409 SusWrite 454 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 53 170% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 347 264% 357 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$120 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 226GB free Firmware: AR15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 95 98 98 102 102 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 141 140 139 140 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	74% Very good	Read 119 Write 106 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 139 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 101%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 119 119 114 117 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 94.2 Write 132 Mixed 84.2 SusWrite 111 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.7 203% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 67%
Seagate ST9640320AS 640GB-$270 5,562 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 595GB free Firmware: 0002HPM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 84 84 84 84 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 84.8 Write 75 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 83.2 53% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 113% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 49%
ADATA HD710 1TB 3,736 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 931GB free, PID a15a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 105 105 105 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 102 Write 101 Mixed 60 SusWrite 104 124% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL9.9-9 D3-1600 1319 CL9-9-9 D3-1600 1319 CL9.9-9 D3-1600 1319 CL9-9-9 D3-1600 32GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 16.7 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.9 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 84.4 47% 84.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 60%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 63%

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Workstation 9%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3 DDR3-CF

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	27x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	21x
Core i5-6400Intel $76Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	19x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	12x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	11x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	9x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x
CS900 480GBPNY $42Bench 79%, 17,946 samples	4x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	7x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 17,012 samples	4x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	4x

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Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $167

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16